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I wonder whether this should be more legal than it currently is:

$table{4E}

I thought the 4E should be autoquoted to '4E'.

Of course, I can understand why

$table[4E]

is a problem.

--tom

Tom Christiansen Perl Consultant, Gamer, Hiker tchrist@mox.perl.com
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